2024 NEPSAC Girls Soccer

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Class A Chamos WA with a 1-0 win over Miss Porters. Thought WA was a bit more of a grittier team. Good game by both teams.

Agreed. WA just a little stronger offensively.

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Agreed. WA just a little stronger offensively.

Offense ? There was none.

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Offense ? There was none.

Um, WA had several chances, not sure what game you watched.

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Um, WA had several chances, not sure what game you watched.

Porters keeper kept them in the game

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Set piece galore. Corners and free kicks. Over 20 of them. WA scored off a free kick.

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Dexter 2 - Pingree 0

good game

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Was Porters strategy all season to just boot the ball down field to their striker - hoping to get a lucky bounce ?

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Was Porters strategy all season to just boot the ball down field to their striker - hoping to get a lucky bounce ?

For all of Porters dad’s talk of possession, I’m not sure they strung 3-4 passes together the entire game.

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Agreed. WA just a little stronger offensively.

The only thing here acting offensively is you. My humble apologies for the slow response! Your son is in a really tough position with a coach who sounds like he doesn't really know how to work with adolescents! Coaches who let their personal feelings get in the way of being fair and effective teachers are obviously not very good coaches. Good coaches create an environment for kids that facilitates the kids' learning. They are fair, honest and approachable. They don't just demand respect. They earn it in their behavior towards ALL of their players. Normally in a situation like this I recommend that the parents get involved and go over the offending coach's head (assuming that he/she is not approachable) and go to the AD, head of school or even the superintendent. Living in a small town makes this very difficult when the AD or others in charge are close to the offending coach. As a parent, this situation is maddening! My best advice for your son is to keep doing what he's been doing and that is, too channel his frustration about this coach into getting better! Your daughter's coach sounds like a classic "bad coach." She is obviously letting her own selfish needs and personal issues get in the way of doing her job! This is just another variation of "Daddy Ball" where you do everything in your power to make sure your daughter/son gets the most playing time, the best opportunity for success, etc. In your daughter's situation, this coach is so inadequate that she even has to go out of her way to fudge your daughter's stats! If this isn't pitiful behavior from a so called adult educator, then I don't know what is! Unfortunately most AD's and school administrations don't want to have to deal with the conflicts caused by these kinds of coaches so they either ignore the problem, pay lip service to those who complain, and never follow thru with real, necessary change! Your job in these situations is to make more and larger waves, to go over the AD's head, to go to the school board, superintendent or whoever. Unfortunately whenever a parent complains about emotional abuse or unfair coaching, they get labeled as "problem parents." And in these situations where you have inadequate, insecure adults doing the coaching, they get incredibly defensive when called out on their behaviors, and as a result, they usually retaliate against the family and especially the kid! This is truly a tough situation for your daughter because this coach is toxic and needs to go, but it sounds like that is not going to happen unless you make bigger waves. And when you make bigger waves, the coach will surely act out her anger on your daughter! If your daughter can continue to play the game without feeling badly about herself despite the mistreatment, if she can continue to pursue her goals on the court, then she might want to stick it out. However, if this coach's toxic behavior is hurting her self-esteem and love for the sport then I'd recommend that she leave the team and just play club volleyball. If your daughter has a dream to play in college, she doesn't need high school volleyball to get there. She can do it with the club sport!

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Porters dad foaming at mouth…butter knife out.
You are the reason why so many were rooting against you in the final.
Again. Everyone knows who you are, Including your daughters coaching staff.
You have done nothing but expose your daughter and team.
You lost today. So now who do you blame?
Because of your bogus recent comments I think it’s time we expose you.
Hmmm…

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Congrats to Worcester Academy for winning it all by beating Miss Porters in the final.
Also Congrats to Worcester for giving Porters Dad his moment of trying to figure out that this thread will end soon and he can be the little man somewhere else for a year.
yes little man you are. Little everywhere.
Who is he?
We have to know.

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The only thing here acting offensively is you. My humble apologies for the slow response! Your son is in a really tough position with a coach who sounds like he doesn't really know how to work with adolescents! Coaches who let their personal feelings get in the way of being fair and effective teachers are obviously not very good coaches. Good coaches create an environment for kids that facilitates the kids' learning. They are fair, honest and approachable. They don't just demand respect. They earn it in their behavior towards ALL of their players. Normally in a situation like this I recommend that the parents get involved and go over the offending coach's head (assuming that he/she is not approachable) and go to the AD, head of school or even the superintendent. Living in a small town makes this very difficult when the AD or others in charge are close to the offending coach. As a parent, this situation is maddening! My best advice for your son is to keep doing what he's been doing and that is, too channel his frustration about this coach into getting better! Your daughter's coach sounds like a classic "bad coach." She is obviously letting her own selfish needs and personal issues get in the way of doing her job! This is just another variation of "Daddy Ball" where you do everything in your power to make sure your daughter/son gets the most playing time, the best opportunity for success, etc. In your daughter's situation, this coach is so inadequate that she even has to go out of her way to fudge your daughter's stats! If this isn't pitiful behavior from a so called adult educator, then I don't know what is! Unfortunately most AD's and school administrations don't want to have to deal with the conflicts caused by these kinds of coaches so they either ignore the problem, pay lip service to those who complain, and never follow thru with real, necessary change! Your job in these situations is to make more and larger waves, to go over the AD's head, to go to the school board, superintendent or whoever. Unfortunately whenever a parent complains about emotional abuse or unfair coaching, they get labeled as "problem parents." And in these situations where you have inadequate, insecure adults doing the coaching, they get incredibly defensive when called out on their behaviors, and as a result, they usually retaliate against the family and especially the kid! This is truly a tough situation for your daughter because this coach is toxic and needs to go, but it sounds like that is not going to happen unless you make bigger waves. And when you make bigger waves, the coach will surely act out her anger on your daughter! If your daughter can continue to play the game without feeling badly about herself despite the mistreatment, if she can continue to pursue her goals on the court, then she might want to stick it out. However, if this coach's toxic behavior is hurting her self-esteem and love for the sport then I'd recommend that she leave the team and just play club volleyball. If your daughter has a dream to play in college, she doesn't need high school volleyball to get there. She can do it with the club sport!

Can someone translate this ? Or summarize ?

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Porters dad foaming at mouth…butter knife out.
You are the reason why so many were rooting against you in the final.
Again. Everyone knows who you are, Including your daughters coaching staff.
You have done nothing but expose your daughter and team.
You lost today. So now who do you blame?
Because of your bogus recent comments I think it’s time we expose you.
Hmmm…

That hurts. You need serious therapy.

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For all of Porters dad’s talk of possession, I’m not sure they strung 3-4 passes together the entire game.

But yet it was a 1-0 game and tied until the end. Don’t let your little mind confuse you.

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But yet it was a 1-0 game and tied until the end. Don’t let your little mind confuse you.

Let be honest. Class A is young. Not the strongest it’s been.